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4.17.2012

little bouquets on a tiny budget

For a charity event on Monday I needed to make 19 flower arrangements on a tiny...no miniscule budget. The colors were already chosen so I stuck with all one color of five different kinds of flowers. I was hoping the roses were a little more open...but I did not buy them a few days ahead as I normally would so they would have time to open a bit more.

For the vessel I looked at Micheal's and Walmart, but I knew all along what I needed was at Ikea. I love these little drink glasses and they are only $2. I have them in gold and white too. I use them for their intended purpose, but also for votives and flowers. I arranged the flowers and bound them with a rubber band and cut them very short so they fit nicely in the glass.

I thought I would leave them just with the green rubberband, but then decided for a more finished look in the glass and wrapped raffia around the rubber band.

While purchasing the roses at Costco I found these strawberry flat boxes. Perfect to transport them and they were even the perfect color...love that. All these flowers in the house and no party at Jane's!

But as luck would have it, her post has the most beautiful flowers...go check it out here.

31 comments:

these are beautiful annie. maybe a new calling? i love that you went the extra mile and wrapped the rubberband in rafia. i think the little details like that make things so special. sadly, i rarely take the time with them...and i don't know why?! xo

Annie these are beautiful and make my heart sing (they remind me of flowers from my wedding - all yellow and white in blue ball jars!) There's no better combo in my opinion! Also, is there anything you're NOT good at???!! : )xo Melissa

Hello Annie:Well, this just goes to show that tiny miracles are possible!! Your flower arrangements are so very pretty, the yellow and blue complementing each other perfectly. And, the different forms and textures of the flowers make for a very pleasing display. Lovely!

SO gorgeous Annie! Something about this color combination is just so appealing. Great idea to mix all the different types of flowers in one color. Loving the glasses too. All so simple, but together perfect!

Annie these are amazingly gorgeous. Wow, the colours and the arrangements are just perfect. I am loving this fabulous post. Would you mind sharing this inspirational post at our WIW linky party. Hope to see you there!

Oh my gosh, Annie, these flower arrangements are wonderful. I love the sunny yellow flowers, and the IKEA glasses you used were perfect. Thanks for the great idea for the rubberband/raffia fix - definitely going to use that trick somewhere down the line!

I wonder if you are like me - I imagined that if I was doing these arrangements and taking photos I would have been so excited about the great blog post it would make! ;o)

I adore all things interior design, food, fashion, New York, The Sunday Times, shelter and fashion magazines, falling snow, ballet flats, Dunkin Donuts coffee, the beach and the hunt for beautiful things, but most of all making a lovely home for my amazing husband and two gorgeous kiddos.